Heimskringla - 11.08.1948, Blaðsíða 7

WINNIPEG, 11. ÁGÚST 1948
HEIMSKRINGLA
7. SÍÐA
NORMAN S. BERGMAN:
A Toast to Canada
At Gimli, 2nd of August, 1948
HOW YOU WILL
BENEFIT BY READING
Herra forseti,
virðulega Fjallkona!
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have the honour, this after-
noon, of proposing the toast to
Canada. My first problem was
to decide what I should say. My
first curiosity was to see just
where I would appear on the
program. When I found that I
was number thirteen on the pro-
gram today I was disturbed. I
immediately recalled to mind all
the superstitions surrounding
the figure thirteen. I was worried
lest some misfortune might be-
fall me, either before I proposed
this toast or during the time
that I was speaking. It did not
take long, however, for me to
wonder if similar thoughts would
cross your mind when you saw
the program. Would you think
that it was your luck that was
not good when yo^, saw that I
was to speak?
It has been customary at all
ethnic group gatherings for the
proposer of the toast to Canada
to strongly emphasize that the
group’s first loyalty is to. Can-
ada and not to the country of
their racial origin, With that
declaration no one here will dis-
agree. I must confess that my
first thoughts in proposing this
toast were along those lines.
Then I began to wonder whether
or not it was really appropriate
to pursue this line of thought
today. In the past few years men
of Icelandic origin have received
public recognition of the highest
order. They have won their
awards mainly through their
work as outstanding Canadian
citizens. The members of the
Icelandic ethnic group are,
therefore, recognized througþout
this land as good Canadians.
Because of the fine example set
by those who have gone before
us it is no longer necessary for
us to proclaim our loyalty to this
country. It is only necessary to
demonstrate by our own con-
duct that we will continue to be
good citizens in the fullest sense
of the word. Only nT that way
can the high standard of citizen-
ship set for us be maintained.
In looking back qver approxi-
mately three-quarters of a cen-
tury of the history of our racial
group in Canada, during which
time many members of our
racial group wore the uniform of
this country with distinction in
two world wars, two examples
stood out strongly. The first was
that those who gave their lives
in defence of their land demon-
strated that this country of ours
was worth dying for. The second
example was that of those whose
contribution was in a civilian
capacity. This contribution was
equally as great for it was longer
sustained. They demonstrated
that this country was worth
living for. What greater tribute,
then, can we pay to those who
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can continue to be proud of our
Icelandic racial origin.
My first suggestion is that we
must give greater study to Can-
adian domestic affairs, both local
and national. Because of- the
disturbed international situation
so much prominence is attached
to international affairs that Can-
adian issues are obscured. The
housewife who spends too much
time worrying about her neigh-
bor’s problems cannot keep her
own house in good order. The
Canadian citizen who concen-
trates too much on the scare
headlines of today will not have
full knowledge of the issues he
has to face in Canada tomorrow.
We face important times here at
home, and we have important
issues to decide. 1 It is essential
today that all Canadians be as
have gone before us than to take completely informed as possible
stock today and find out how we,
who remain, can make some con-
tribution as Canadian citizens
which can compare with the
record of those who have gone
before.
I have three suggestions to
make to all Canadians of Ice-
landic racial origin, which sug-
gestions I submit form the key
to good citizenship. If we adopt
these suggestions we wiíl not
have to rely on the reputation
made for us by our predecessors.
We will be good Canadian
on all Canadian issuesTn order
that they may arrive at fully
considered conclusions and that
the gains that have been won
for us in the past, for a better
Canadian way of life, may be
consolidated.
My second suggestion is ap-
plicable only to ,our own ethnic
group and more particularly to
my own generation. I suggest
that we give greater study to the
Icelandic language, the Icelandic
history and the Icelandic litera-
ture. If we maintain our lovalty
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